new diplo quests

You're welcome, bow.

And just to finally clarify; we try to write efficient code that (hopefully) takes into account the unforeseen.

So what it tried to do (in your case) is to find a nearby city within a certain radius. 

Failing to find one, it tried again on an expanded radius, and then again etc.

Until it reached a point where the code said:
"Sod this for a game of soldiers, I'm not searching the *entire* map for a set of valid cities beyond X radius away from this hermit, but I *need* to return a city to him - otherwise the quest will be entirely broken as it requires a target city as a basic minimum... so let's pick the first city I can think of, which happens to be the nearest one to the center of the map."

As I say, it's now changed.  But you still won't necessarily be getting the nearest city to you, until the general population expands outwards sufficiently in your direction.


Edited by GM Stormcrow - 11 May 2010 at 22:06

bow locks wrote: windysparrow (yes, i'm narked, my friend ) informed me this distance was intentional punishment mechanics cos i was so far away, but i dont see how that can be programmed without the rest of you being similarly in danger of huge distances.

Um, it's quite simple how this can be programmed.

The code chooses the city of the nearest player to you that is eligible for the quest.

If - by your choice - the nearest player to you is half the length of the map then, um, what can the quest do to make your life easier?  Randomly move players closer to you?

All other players nearer the center of the map will, self-evidently, have a much wider choice of player cities to interact with.

Honestly, I am not happy spying other players especially those that are new players at that.  :(    Yes, there should be a warning if you launch anything at a NAP alliance.

Suggestion, if you want the quests to include spying on actual players then perhaps you should consider having inactive players as the target (those that haven't logged into the game in weeks). 

Add to the Suggestion Box a warning if you are about to launch on a NAP alliance.

Thanks!  :)

would be funny if somehow the quest makes you send spies to location: -3|-3

Hehe; and this is just the level 2 quests :-)